2018 Eastern Canadian Biathlon Championship, & ATLANTIC CUP #3

MESSAGE OF WELCOME FROM BIATHLON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Dear Biathlon Friends:It is a privilege and a pleasure t o welcome you to the 2018 Eastern Canadian Biathlon Championships and Atlantic Cup #3 being held in Brookvale, PE, 2-4 March 2018. Our site has recently been the under a development plan, under the guidance of Stephan Hale’sDevelopment Plan 2017. There has been updated to stadium area and also we now have a complete lit stadium/range and a small warm up loop around the back of the range. This is all in development for the 2023 Canada Games, to be held on our venue. We have hosted 2 competitions already this year and we will also be hosting the Cadet National Championships the week following the Eastern’s. Myself and the venue staff welcome you to come join us for what will be an excitingcompetition. We wish you all the best in you the upcoming competition.Sincerely,

Daniel DesRochesPresidentBiathlon Prince Edward Island

WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dear Coaches and Competitors:On behalf of Biathlon Prince Edward Island, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the Biathlon Canada Eastern Canadian Championships and Atlantic Cup #3 at the Brookvale Provincial Ski Park March 2 – 4, 2018. The Organizing Committee is proud to once again host this high profile event.Please find enclosed our information package for this event. Along with our title sponsor, The Province of Prince Edward Island, I would like to wish the biathletes, their teams, the organizers and spectators exciting, successful and fair competitions.

Canadian Biathlon Championships 2018

CHARLO, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA

20-25 March 2018

A MESSAGE OF WELCOME FROM BIATHLON NEW BRUNSWICK

Dear Biathlon Friends:Once again it is a privilege and a pleasure to welcome you to an event in New Brunswick: theSenator Paul E. McIntyre Canadian Biathlon Championships being held in Charlo during theweek of 20-25 March 2018. The legacy of the Canada Winter Games 2003, the CanadianChampionships 2007, 2011 and 2014 and other major events continues and I have full trustthat Les Aventuriers Ski Club and the now highly experienced volunteers will again host anoutstanding event.It will be a distinct and genuine pleasure to be the host to teams from across this greatcountry here in New Brunswick’s winter wonderland.Please come and participate at the site of the Canada Winter Games and enjoy the uniqueAcadian culture and hospitality of the Charlo area.

Sincerely,Ray Kokkonen

President Biathlon New Brunswick

Welcome from the Chairman,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the 2018 Canadian Biathlon Championships, I wantto extend a warm welcome to all Canadian biathletes and coaches. 2018 is a year ofchallenges and opportunities. The road to excellence requires Canadian biathletes to pushthemselves beyond beaten paths. Canada’s Olympian biathletes will travel to the mountainsof South Korea; others will push on to the stadiums of Europe. No one path is the same. Acall goes out to biathletes across this nation, from Yellowknife to Halifax, from Iqaluit toVancouver, to meet in Charlo, New Brunswick, March 20-25, 2018. If your goal is to shineinternationally, or to build your legacy nationally, you deserve moments where skill, training,hope, success, and recognition collide.Canadian biathletes can expect beautiful scenery, great skiing conditions and warmhospitality in Eastern Canada. In the afterglow of the 2018 Winter Olympics, the IBU worldcup races, and other regional biathlon championships, the 2018 Canadian BiathlonChampionships will reunite Canadian biathletes on home ground. This is your time, this isyour place, and these are your races on to the road to becoming a Canadian biathlonchampion

2018 ATLANTIC CUP #1

BROOKVALE, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

February 3-4, 2018

INVITATION INFORMATION

A MESSAGE OF WELCOME FROM BIATHLON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Dear Biathlon FriendsIt is a privilege and a pleasure to welcome you to the 2018 Atlantic Cup #1 and being held in Brookvale, PE, February 3-4, 2018. I wish you and your team the best of luck, aim for your personal best and stay positive. I assure you that my team of officials will do their best to insure that the competitions are fair and the best possible conditions are available.Sincerely,

MARITIME TIME TRIALS 13/14 JANUARY 2018

CHARLO, NEW BRUNSWICK

MESSAGE OF WELCOME FROM BIATHLON NOUVEAU –NEW BRUNSWICK

Dear Biathlon Friends: It is my pleasant task to invite you to the first-ever Maritime Time Trials being held in Charlo, NB, 13/14 January 2018. This event replaces the traditional AC #1 and NB Championships as the first competitive Maritime event in January. The AC #1 (as AC #2) and the NB Championships will be held in February and will be the pre-Nationals training event. It is expected that the dates will return to normal in 2019.With the history of the highly successful Canada Winter Games 2003 and the outstanding Canadian Championships in 2007, 2011 and 2014, the legacy continues. The volunteers of Les Aventuriers are eager to demonstrate their hospitality and expertise and will once more host an excellent event.We look forward to see you again at the site of the Canada Winter Games and the Canadian Championships, and will do our very best to present you an interesting and pleasant experience of tecnique Acadian culture and hospitality of the Charlo area. Sincerely,

MISSION Biathlon NB will participate with an official Team in the Fall Training Camp in Brookvale, PE during 22-24 September 2017.

OBJECTIVES

1. To provide a pre-snow training opportunity for NB athletes 2. To provide coaching experience for NB coaches 3. To provide team management experience for the NB Team staff

PARTICIPATION Registration on Zone 4 for the event is still open. It appears from the athletes who have let me know and from various other sources that we will have 15 plus athletes and an official Team Staff of four.

CAMP PROGRAM The camp activity program is given in the attached document.

TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATION, MEALS, FINANCES All travel, accommodation and meals are the responsibility of clubs or individuals. A subsidy will be provided for the Team Staff members on an individual basis as arranged with the Team Administrator, Paula Septon. As previously advised, an NB Team fee of $50 is to be paid by all participating athletes. Collection of the fee will be done by the Paula on site.

EQUIPMENT AND NECESSITIES Athletes are to bring the equipment and necessities as directed in the invitation and by club coaches.

Safety Safety will be of the utmost priority during travel to and from the camp and at the event. All participants must be extremely alert at all times for unsafe situations and must be vigilantly proactive about prevention of accidents of any kind. All range safety regulations and firearms safety laws shall be tringently followed.

Ray Kokkonen President

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MESSAGE OF WELCOME FROM BIATHLON NOUVEAU –NEW BRUNSWICK

Dear Biathlon Friends: It is my pleasant task to invite you to the first-ever Maritime Time Trials being held in Charlo, NB, 13/14 January 2018. This event replaces the traditional AC #1 and NB Championships as the first competitive Maritime event in January. The AC #1 (as AC #2) and the NB Championships will be held in February and will be the pre-Nationals training event. It is expected that the dates will return to normal in 2019.With the history of the highly successful Canada Winter Games 2003 and the outstanding Canadian Championships in 2007, 2011 and 2014, the legacy continues. The volunteers of Les Aventuriers are eager to demonstrate their hospitality and expertise and will once more host an excellent event.We look forward to see you again at the site of the Canada Winter Games and the Canadian Championships, and will do our very best to present you an interesting and pleasant experience of tecnique Acadian culture and hospitality of the Charlo area. Sincerely,

MISSION Biathlon NB will participate with an official Team in the Fall Training Camp in Brookvale, PE during 22-24 September 2017.

OBJECTIVES

1. To provide a pre-snow training opportunity for NB athletes 2. To provide coaching experience for NB coaches 3. To provide team management experience for the NB Team staff

PARTICIPATION Registration on Zone 4 for the event is still open. It appears from the athletes who have let me know and from various other sources that we will have 15 plus athletes and an official Team Staff of four.

CAMP PROGRAM The camp activity program is given in the attached document.

TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATION, MEALS, FINANCES All travel, accommodation and meals are the responsibility of clubs or individuals. A subsidy will be provided for the Team Staff members on an individual basis as arranged with the Team Administrator, Paula Septon. As previously advised, an NB Team fee of $50 is to be paid by all participating athletes. Collection of the fee will be done by the Paula on site.

EQUIPMENT AND NECESSITIES Athletes are to bring the equipment and necessities as directed in the invitation and by club coaches.

Safety Safety will be of the utmost priority during travel to and from the camp and at the event. All participants must be extremely alert at all times for unsafe situations and must be vigilantly proactive about prevention of accidents of any kind. All range safety regulations and firearms safety laws shall be tringently followed.